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Bloak history
Bloak was once part of the “Lands of Kirkwood” that formed a small estate in the Parish of Stewarton, East Ayrshire lying between Stewarton and Dunlop. The 1779 estate map of the Lainshaw Estate shows the hamlet of Bloak with fields of South Crofts and North Crofts lying below Bowhouse Farm.
Bloak School
Jenny Gillies lived there according to the 1851 census and was a mason’s widow aged 74, dying in 1859 at the age of 81 . The school had been built by the Cunninghams of Lainshaw and the schoolmaster’s only salary was the fees paid by the parents .
Bloak Castle
West Bloakhillhead was a dairy farm . Circa 1825 the ruins of Bloak Castle were completely removed by the farm’s tenant, Mr. Nairn .
Cartographic evidence
A hamlet of around eight dwellings and a school are shown in 1858 with further dwellings at Bloakholmes . A path is shown running from the hamlet, shown as Bloak and Bloakcrofts, to the Linn Spout and Kirkwood Farm . The school building is shown until 1958, but no longer marked as such .
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